Is This the Green New Deal?

A response to Adam Tooze on the dawning “post-neoliberal” era.

In his piece “Has Covid ended the neoliberal era?”, a preview of Shutdown (released last week), historian Adam Tooze pumps the brakes on claims about the supposed “end” of neoliberalism in the time of COVID.

The election of Joe Biden and the fact that his inauguration took place at the appointed time on 21 January 2021 restored a sense of calm. But when …